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The presentation will take place in the campus' View Cafe at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

During the talk, Mr. Fuller will talk about how, as supervisor of the Pittsburgh International Airport air traffic facilities on Sept. 11, 2001, he evacuated the control tower and radar room when a hijacked plane, later determined to be United 93, was headed directly for the airport. The plane eventually crashed in Shanksville, which is 68 nautical miles from Pittsburgh International Airport and 8 miles beyond Pittsburgh's radar range.

CAC celebrates 15th anniversary

The Children's Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a Crystal Anniversary Celebration at Radisson Lackawanna Station hotel on Friday, Sept. 6, from 6 to 11 p.m. The event will include food and cocktails, live entertainment, raffles and a silent auction.

Timmy Walsh, Camera For A Cure creator and photographer, will be in attendance as the junior event photographer, working alongside photographer Julie Jordan.

The Children's Advocacy Center was developed through the Lackawanna County District Attorney's office in 1998, and has served more than 8,000 victims of physical and sexual abuse and/or neglect. At present, it serves Lackawanna and eight surrounding counties.

Tickets for the event are $100, and can be purchased by calling 969-7313, or online at crystalanniversary.eventbrite.com. For more information, visit cacnepa.org.

U of S to honor local author

Moscow resident and award-winning children's book author Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Ph.D., will receive the 2013 Royden B. Davis, S.J., Distinguished Author Award from the University of Scranton's Friends of the Weinberg Memorial Library at a ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 7.

The event begins with a reception at 5 p.m., followed at 6:30 p.m. by a dinner and award presentation in the McIlhenny Ballroom of the DeNaples Center. For tickets, call 941-7816 or email kym.fetsko@scranton.edu.

A book signing, which is open to the public, free of charge, will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. in the fourth-floor reception area of the DeNaples Center.

Dr. Bartoletti received the Newbery Medal for "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow"; the Orbis Pictus Award for "Black Potatoes: The Great Irish Famine, 1845 to 1850"; and the Golden Kite Award for "Growing Up in Coal Country."

Dr. Bartoletti's most recent book, "Down the Rabbit Hole," is the latest installment in Scholastic's "Dear America" series. The book chronicles the experiences of 14-year-old Pringle Rose, who "witnesses" the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

Choral Society begins season

The Catholic Choral Society will begin its 65th season on Tuesday, Sept. 3, with rehearsals on Tuesday evenings at 7 at the IHM Center at Marywood University.

With members from both Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, the group performs sacred, classical, Broadway and popular music at performances in both Luzerne and Lackawanna counties. New members are always welcome and no auditions are required.

The group's first concert is scheduled for October while a 12th anniversary program is planned for the annual November Generations Concert.

For more information, visit www.catholicchoralsociety.org or call 587-2753.

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